Where does “raspa” come from?

raspa (Papiamentu) comes from Kabuverdianu raspa, from Portuguese raspar, from Latin raspāre, from Frankish hraspōn, from Proto-Germanic hraspōną, from Proto-Germanic hrespaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- — to cut, cut off, sever.

raspa (Papiamentu): to scratch

Definitions

  1. to scratch

Ancestry of “raspa”, step by step

raspa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kabuverdianu raspa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kabuverdianuraspato scrape; to scratch
2Portugueserasparto scrape; to scrape off; to graze
3Latinraspārescrape, scratch
4Frankishhraspōnto rasp, to grate, to scratch
5Proto-Germanichraspōnąto rasp, grate, scrape; to steal
6Proto-Germanichrespanąto tear; rip; to plunder
7Proto-Indo-European(s)krebʰ-to turn; bend; shrink
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Spanish raspar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrasparto file down or sand down; to scrape; to scratch,...
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